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The Particle World

Applet simulating particles connected by springs in a 2D world. Includes gravity/electrostatic forces between particles, air resistance and more.

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http://www.ifm.liu.se/~freka/particleworld/

Elementary Particles

One of the primary goals in modern physics is to answer the question 'What is the Universe made of?'. This site introduces quarks and leptons, the elementary particles which make up matter.

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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec07.html

Hands On Cern

An online course about particle physics and CERN with discussion of the standard model and information on particle accelerators and detectors.

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http://hands-on-cern.physto.se/hoc_v21en/index.html

Nuclear Physics

Introductory page linking to many different parts of the hyperphysics site, each dealing with an aspect of nuclear or particle physics

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuccon.html

Big Bang Science

Illustrated description of the UK participation in particle physics experiments at CERN, explaining the background of big bang physics.

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http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/pub/bigbang/part1.html

Quantum Physics

Good revision guide to quantum physics aimed at UK A level, covers topics such as the photoelectric effect,photons and wave-particle duality,

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http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/physics/quantum-physics

Are virtual particles really constantly popping in and out of existence?

Gordon Kane, director of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor explains virtual particles.

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=are-virtual-particles-rea

Max Born

Max Born (1881 - 1970) won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954 for his work on subatomic particles. His work on wave functions lead to the understanding that electrons should be regarded as particles.

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http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history//Mathematicians/Born.html

Donald A. Glaser

Donald Arthur Glaser (1916 - ) main research interest was the elementary particles of physics, particularly the strange particles.

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http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1960/glaser-bio.html

STFC

The Science and Technology Facilities Council funds UK research, education and training in its four broad areas of science: astronomy, particle physics, space science and nuclear physics.

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http://www.scitech.ac.uk/
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